(Joe South)      Oh, the games people now    Every night and every day now   Never meanin' what they say now    Never sayin' what they mean.      So they wile away the hours in their ivory towers   Till they're covered up with flowers    In the back of a black limousine      Lotten da la da da da    Lotten da la a dee de dee   Talkin' bout you and me    And the games people play.      Oh, we make one another cry    Break a heart then we say goodbye   Cross our hearts and we hope to die    That the other one's to blame.      But neither one will ever give in    So we gaze at an eight by ten   Thinkin' 'bout the things that might have been    And it's a dirty rotten shame      Lotten da la da da da    Lotten da la a dee de dee   Talkin' bout you and me    And the games people play.      People walkin' up to ya singing glory hallelujah   And they're tryin' to sock it to ya in the name of the Lord   They're gonna teach you how to meditate    Read your horoscope and cheat your fate   And furthermore to hell with hate    Come on and get on board.      Lotten da la da da da    Lotten da la a dee de dee   Talkin' bout you and me    And the games people play.      Look around and tell me what you see    What's happened to you and me   God grand me the serenity to just remember who I am   'Cause you've given up your sanity    For your pride and your vanity   Turn your back on humanity    And you don't give a lot.      Lotten da la da da da    Lotten da la a dee de dee   Talkin' bout you and me    And the games people play...